CNN Weather(@CNNweather):Many Californians who experienced the February 1998 event still consider it to be the benchmark for how a Super El Niño can alter life in their state. Now, with another Super El Niño setting in – this time likely to be the strongest on record – many are calibrating their expectations based on what happened then.

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2026.08.25 11:33

Many Californians who experienced the February 1998 event still consider it to be the benchmark for how a Super El Niño can alter life in their state. Now, with another Super El Niño setting in – this time likely to be the strongest on record – many are calibrating their expectations based on what happened then.